The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-05
n,>riNG on rur oknrr,Nonrr
>t"r, OF the HillS BowIee'. Cam
pnign--tcn. Eioyd's Scoutiun
ENpcditiun--A swamp Ad.

ulHtftUtc tWlXt a Ggurgy man Nh ,
fiurecdian 10y the way he cau. tb,
name o that ere swamp" said Cnu-
tain ~ternc, ss we sat y, fore blnllno
fire iu his big 10y house among m,
pine. "Flur,cdiaus lay 'Okyimohc
ana ihcm Otoorev people what lives
III the ilHt woodt, suye 'ONkmoEe'
bout hall thor time. rney git the
name terribly mixed, an make an.cs.
o things, giucrly.
What started TO tell yc bout
was the time we N Ginerl Fluvd
went a bear hunl'D You see, Giucr'l
Floyd was the best lnjuu fighter bc
yant, an the gove'mcnt 'p'intcd him
to take is men an route ole BiIv
Bowicgs out'n that ere swamp. Ole
Billy, you know. WIS the head boss
NV all the lnjuus, in them DAYS. an
while he was ruthcr peaceabe hi-sc't.
he had two OF the torn downdcst viii.
yms mdor i'm ihat ever cussed the
yearth with thC'r ili.begottcn shad.
ders These wer' Taggertail AN ole
Mico They'd come out an raise %
rumpus. N the whites 'ud git ter
'cm, an they'd just natlly dive into
that ere swump like IL WIS wash
hole in the river. Onct IN there. an
all the devils IN I,urrup cOulG'n' 90
nOth'n' with EN-
"lhe very mint Giner'l Floyd was
'p'mtcd hc G., nsptcd rchcmc 80 rout
EN- out o. there, IA nc gethcred nil NV
is men an drilled 'cm III rogulated
EN- 50 y Their could'n' be no -iIpcucc.
az the boys rny Wen they make. -
bad shot II pMyin' marbles. / wa,
cap'n Nv squad NV scouts n rangers,
an Gincr'l t.oy Il ne sot lots u store
by me. wus TO march ahead fust
on lin out the lest way to git in to
the ilauts. knOwed ole Bowicgs by
sight. Wen we was all irienly | use
ter see i'm oilCu Mt Traders Hill,
wher' he'd come to trade. Tie usetcr
bring his two boys, big strappin
yaller-leggcd fcllers, long with i'm.
lie called one Billy Buster, bcca'se he
was - iieshv, an t'other Billy Bar
ncy, beca',c The boyd hearn Giner'l
llarney cus- an tuck up the habit.
The ius' day We came nigh the
swamp We had no splash long
Though saw permoter an gallherry
bushes an tgy-gulls whcr' the water
was kucc.dcep, then. an that was III
ruthcrn dry time. AT last we came
to the big swamp, bout shutdown, AN
cnmpcd Giuer'l Floyd had sent sew.
or'l Wagons 'rouu' by ole Fort
White. un roam tOthcr side o. the
swamp, with grub for the army when
they got though tho swamp. Mex
mouiu'. ~ the peep of day. veins
up'n oil, N tore long we got good
into it The mud was 80 soft an
deep that We couldu' git along. so
tues GiurrI Floyd to one side IN. sps
|, Gincrl, Their hAint but one way ter
glt THOUGH this ere bog, an That Is to
cut down saplins N cut 'em into
chunksh' commence layin' 'cm down
bout q good step apart. Let every
teller gethpr up a chunk, step firm
chunk Ia chunk till he gifts ~ far as
they're laid. then put his chunk bout
step furCer on, an We can soon
haNa a In, 81.
liant
"Giner'l Floyd seed the notion was
agood 'un, 30 he put 'cm all To work,
n by IA O'Clock we had good cross
way built into the first liant. soon az
we got there we begun to s'arch for
lnjun sign, but We didn't find noth'n"
but some ole meat scatlls an two or
three holes where they'd built Their
iires, o we struck camp That night
we WINS all purity lively, an some o.
the boys purposed that we'd diskiv-
cred new and unsettled kentry,
we'd perfect right to name
II, N ihCn he SAID Whole rigamarole
bout be I resolved Nm 30 on, wind.
N up WITH namin' the new islant
'Floyd's liant We Gllsccindcd the
motion. ~ no dickens ct that 'rro
name hain't stuck to 1t ever scncc.
"NcX' mo'nin', ato' day, went to
Giuer'l Floyd m walked i'm up, n ses
|, 'Ginrr'j, s'posc'n we 60 an see
what + tOther side OF this ere liant
atore we 90 any lurGer. III hit's
big lax ~, we'!! halter change our
co'se. FL hits only u lobioIly mash .
we may he able TO ford it, lie grocd
to it, m takin' our guns reg'ar ole
IOug-tawed rifles, they was, we start
ed oil, after cautionin' the boys to be
plum rcsdy 'g'nst we got back
eve Went straight BASTARD rs nigh
rs we could come at it, and soon
struck high, dry hammock land, Ms
rich as ever crow flew over. As it
came light The squirrels n birds N
other small varnunts came out nc
hick as hops, n jest oheeped N chat
cred tcllthey made the woods ring,
All NV a suddlnt we hcarn low,
irowsy, sort ota roar lack the byars